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HERE ARE SOME OF THE SIX-DAY RACE PERFORMERS
These men are taking part in the race that is so notable for many reasons, not the least of which is that it will be the last held in
Madison Square Garden. At the top, on the left, is Percy Lawrence, the Western star.. Jackie Clark, last year’s runner-up, is next, to
him. The third man is Frank Kramer, the national champion, and on the right is Elmer Collins, greatest of all American pace follow
ers. Below, on the left, is Eddie Root. It was his luckless riding that brought about the spill Wednesday, morning that so nearly pul
the race to the bad. The other man on the bottom row is Ernest Pye, the Australian.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, im.
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SIX-DAY BIKE RACE IS VERY WARM AFFAIR
EDITED BY \
PERCY H. WHITING !
Not News,
But Views
MM*
Well, what in the • name of
W, T. Sherman did thc % Amer
ican league mean by that saw-
off resolution it handed to the
National league Tuesday?
It has the whole baseball
world fairly gasping for wind.
Here is the resolution, as
introduced by Frank Farrell, sec
onded by Charles Comiskey, and
unanimously adopted by the
American league directors
"Reiolved. That the American league
will continue to exercise Ita privileges
• na obaerve Ita obligations under the na-
tianil agreement, hut will decline to have
further official Intercourse with the Na
tional league except so far aa may
requisite for the safeguarding of Ita
f.' ■•:•! and plater rights.
••Be It further resolved. That the
American league will hot be represented
In another aerlea for the champlonahlp
cf tht world or In any other Interleague
•rent unleaa accorded sole charge of tho
•ale of tickets to games played on Us
•found, under an arrangement and with
the understanding that It a hall not as-
iume responsibility for the conduct of
tht business department of games at the
(ark of the other contesting clubs."
.Vow. surely that was no effort
to spring a gratuitous insult.
Nor was it an off-hand motion,
made as a sort of a vote of lack
of confidence. There was some
thing behind it, something that
doesn't show in the resolution.
It is childish to assume that it
was passed because Charley Mur
phy kidded Ban Johnson a bit.
But what is behind it?
We’re blessed if we know.
As a surprise party the Amer
ican league resolution was given
good competition by the appoint
ment of Hank O'Day rs man
ager of the Cincinnati team.
If the average man had had
a million guesses and had used
them all he would probably never
have guessed O’Day.
For all that it appears that
0’Dav may make a pretty good
job of it.
Athens Y. M. C.A.’s
Not in Best Trim
Athens, G«., Deo.'13,—The basket bal(
players of the Athens Y. M. C. A. aro
vorjdng like beavers for their second
contest with the Atlanta Athletic club
here Friday night.
Several of the members of the team
are In bad ehape ae a result-of the Ath
letic club game, but all are recovering
■and the regular line-up will probably
atari In Friday's bout. Physical Di
rector and Coach Heldler has been
"putting them thru" all the week.
Several of the Athletic club players
are well known here, and they will liavo
many supporters. Walton Griffith, cap
tain and center of the club team, used
to live here and formerly played on the
University of Georgia team. TIllou
Forhea and Ed Carter were both mem
bers of last year’s Georgia team.
MERCER SCRUB8 WIN.
Macon, Ga., Dee. 13.—The Mercer
►•rub team defeated the Lanier High
school here yesterday In a clean, hard
fought game of basket ball, 26 to 18.
The scrubs completely outplayed the
High school five. In the first half piling
up twelve points, while their opponents
ware able to score only four. But In
iba second half the props came back
alrong and played an entirely different
article of ball. In this half they se
cured as many goals as the scrubs.
Mercer 8erube—-26. Lenlen—18.
Powell, If. (6).. Allen. If. (2)
IHaon. rf. (8) Holt. rf. (f)
Compton, c. (12) Stubbs, c. (10)
Farmer, Ig. .< Hlltsman, Ig.
Hertwlg, ig ..Dewberry, Ig.
■Mlmms, Jonea, rg. (2)
Officials: Stellar*, umpire; Johneon,
timekeeper. Time of halves, 10, 16.
Fouls: Scrubs 2. No foul goals thrown.
Pitcher Ed. Walsh's remarkable record
Of 160 assist* In.II,-ate- that lie Is a
bird’" In knocking down tho last ones
that come hie way. Walter Johnson Is
to* next best man, and yet he Is *♦ a»-
>>»!» behind the big White Sox.
Rumor has It that Robert I.ee Hedges
*111 not be Identified with the St. Louis
Browns after the coming American
'"*«ue meeting In New York. It Is un-
oentood that the Browns' owner will
come to the meeting with a new propo
rtion from a St. Louis syndicate.
..During a discussion of the catchers of
•bf Athletics. Joe McGInnlty eald the
other dart "With pitchers who know
tttelr business as well as Bender, Coombs
*tto Plank, and who watch the bases «o
elOMiy, the catcher's end of the game
°'**n t cut much tlgire."
Much Enthusiasm
At Soccer Session
South Is Beginning to Develop
Great Boxers, Not Least of
Lot Being Jake Abel,
Secretary Robert McRoy declares that
Westervelt. rresi.lcni .Tohruon’H tip writ
umpire, is a sure stayer and la going to
be the sensation of the indicator handlers
In 191}. Mao is also pulling for Pa Mul
len to stick, ms he believes he is of the
Improving kind and a conscientious work
man, but feArs he is going to go.
* ABEL'S RECORD OP_
+ YEAR AND HALF
■t
rounds;
rounds
TWO STARS
HURT AND
OUT OF IT
Bad Tumble by Root in Six
Day Race Is Followed by a
Serious Pile-Up. ,
RESOLUTION
A SLAP AT
C. MURPHY?
Rumor Is Current That Murphy
Will Be Asked to Apologize
for Jab at Ban Johnson.
+
-1- Jack Dougherty,
-r won.
+ Jack Dougherty,
4- lost.
Young White, knockout; fourth
round.
Jack Bingham, knockout; fifth
round.
Jimmy Mackey, knockout In
fourth round.
Jack Sentell, eight round,; won;
two tight*. ...
Young Beymoup. knockout In
fourth round.
Jack Donlea, knockout In fourth
4- round.
4- Larry Mtlton, eight round,;
4- draw.
4- Kid Heldel. eight round,; won.
+ Kid Heldel. eight round*: draw.
+ Red Ames, welterweight, eight
4- rounds; draw.
4- Jimmie Anderson, won In five
4* rounds. 4*
4- Jeff Gaffney, eight round,; won. 4*
4- Billy Shofer, eight'round,; won. 4*
4- Terry Nel,on. eight rounds;. +
4- won. +
4- Tommy Kellane, eight round,; 4-
4- draw. , f
■t-H-l-l-H-l-H-l I IM 111"I"M"I"I-M4
FORMER SOUTHERN LEAGUER
FOUND DEAD IN A DROP PIT
For a long time the South has
been a'bit backward In developing
any Queensberry experts of the
Caucaston .persuasion who could
out any figure In the boxing world.
And then, all of a sudden, a couple
or Southern youths, one a boy of
French decent In New Orleans, and
the other a Russian who has lived
most of 'his life In Chattanooga,
popped Into the calcium's glare and
neither one has been In a battle
since his career started that tended
In any way to slow up hta' steady
progress toward the championship
The other Is Jake Abel, who will be
seen Friday night at Harry Stat
en's club.
Because of the known fact that n
prophet Is utterly without honor
(or press agents) In his own coun
try, and because some dispassion
ate information about him 1, desir
able. the following write-up of Abel,
taken from a Chattanooga paper
that can be counted on to give
fact, and dodge exaggerations. Is
here given:
Abel’s rise In local favor was me
teoric. When Jack Daugherty was
king among the local lightweights. Jakej
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..According to those who have seen
.jermanV Schaefer on the stage he Is
‘"‘ling the league of players In vaede-
"Dutch" gets off a good bunch of
‘"••'hall stuff.
|GR#FITH THINKS RUCKER IS
NOW BEST PITCHER OF ALL
Cincinnati, Ohio,
Glenn, formerly a ball player In the
Southern and Virginia leagues, 'waif
found dead In n drop pit in the Queen
and Crescent railroad shops yesterday
morning with his skull crushed. While
the exact manner of his death Is not
known. It Is supposed that while leav
ing the shop after working hours Wed
nesday nght he fall Into the pit, which
la about sixteen feet Beep and con
structed of concrete. His body was
found earjy yesterday by workmen.
Die, 13.—Edward Glenn was a well-known ball player,
having played In the Eastern, South
ern and Virginia, leagues, and was at
one time a member of the Chicago Na
tionals. While playing with the Mem
phis team at Jackeon. Tenn., he fell
from a window In a hotel and broke his
collar bone, after which he never again
played In fast company. For the post
few years he had played with different
teams In the Blue Grass league.
He was single and lived with his par
ents on Ash-st., Ludlow, Ky.
stepped out of space, so to speak, and
took him Into camp. In a return bout,
the two were equal or the advantage,
If any, was with Abel, tho the referee,
thru a mistake, gave the decision to
Daugherty.
The. “bone" of the referee established
el's popularity "more than his scrap-
g ability did, and Jake proceeded
thwjth to make hie hold on the light
Abel's
pin,
SSL..
fans even llrmer. Starting with Young
White, whom he knocked out, he took 1
oh Jack Blnghafn, the veteran, and
bounetd him In the fifth round; put
Jimmy Mackey Into dreamland; dis
posed of Jack Sentell in two eight"-
round bouts: knocked out Young Seys
mour and Jack Donlea. •
Flndlly, Jake broke from the semi-
windup class—Just about a year ago—
and was matched with Larry Milton,
the veteran. It was with' fear and
trembling that his friends and backers
saw him essay" to face the grizzled old
ring general, with hls'dangerous upper-
By BILLY EVAN8.
Who Is the greatest pitcher?
This was asked during a fanning bee at Philadelphia, when we were
"siting for the rain to let up and permit the world’s series to continue.
Clark Griffith eald Mathew son was king when In his prime. He
thought Mordecai Brown was showing the effect of service and that,
while rated as a wonder. Marquard did rIM rank with Nap Bucker- He
believe, Rurker Is now the hast of all.
"Walt until vou see Walter Johnson.” said Tv Cobb, who ought to
"now a pitcher. ’ "When Johnson Is right, the best way to locate the ball Is
to hit at his motion. It’s a pleasure to hear 'strike three* on a dark day.
with Johnson working." ....
“Marquard always looked like a million dollars against us. said Man-
I ' - in ,.f the Philip •. "He tna\ hat- man. weakr.e-.e. hut we n-t-t
found them out." «
*"I always liked Mathewaon," aatd Jennings. "Mike a pitcher who ta
"Iking to work, and Matty has always been this kind. There are few
herder to heat than Chief Bender.’
cut and faultless footwork. Jake
wasn't feazed; he knew his strength.
The mill went eight rounds to a good
draw,
Soon after this fight, the game took
rest for several montha In Chatta
nooga, but Abel kept In trim and Im
proved. When the bouts were started
again. last spring, Abel was matched
with Kid Heldel, an‘exceptionally fast
little fellow from Cincinnati, and the
Chattanooga boy licked him after eight
round, of .the hardest and most deter-
.mined fighting ever seen In Chattanoo
ga. Heldel clnmored for a return match
and boosted of hie ability to “clean
up" with the local, but the best be could
do tfas a draw.
Transferring his activities to the lock
and dam for a few months. Abel dis
tinguished himself with easy victories
over Jlmlme Anderson and Jeff.Gaffney,
the latter of whom lost to Nelson in
very much the same way he lost to
Abel. Another feather In Abel'e cap
was an eight-round- draw with Red
Arnea, a full-fledged 142-pound welter
weight.
Thus Jake's record Includes slvteen
lights, which have resulted as follows:
Won by knookout, 6; won by opponent
quitting. 1; won by decision. 6; di
2: lost by undeserved derlsioi
twelve lights out of the alxtt
torlee for the chattanongan have been
clean out and unquestioned.
Some of these mills, of course, were
against mere novlees In the game, but I
—Milton, I
The second meeting of the Soccer
football club of Atlanta was held Tues
day night at A. G. Spalding & Bros.'
store. The flrst. game, which wa,
played last Saturday, was discussed
and plans made for what should prove a
prosperous season. The "meeting was
attended by a large number of soccer
fanatics.
A game will be played each Saturday,
between teams formed of members of
tho new club. A number of prominent
Atlantans have already Joined the club.
Tho next meeting will be held next
Tuesday night at A. G. Spalding f
Bros.' store on North Broad-st. AH In
terested In soccer have been Invited to
attend.
Ctemson Will Have
Class Games Soon
ClemtOn, 8. C., Deo. 13.—Practice for
class football has begun and the Juniors,
sophs and freshmen each have out a
bunch of men who will try for a place
on their class team*.
The freshmen have out over *0 men,
and Coach Dobson has two teams that
average over 166 pounds. These are
certainly husky teams and some mate
rial ought to be developed that edn bo
used by the varsity, either next fall or
the year after.
The sophomores have out a good-
sized squad and promise to give the
freshmen a tough tight for the cup,
which goes to the winner of the In
class games.
The Juniors have out only a small
number of men, hut have a slight ad
vantage In the line of experience. They
are trying to make up their deficiency
In weight by hard practice and getting
a thorough knowledge of the game. The
Junior team will very likely be fast.
The athletic outlook at Ctemson
seems to be brightening In spite of
the fact that this year’s football team
did not come up to expectations. Tho
men are awake to the fact, at last, that
Clemaoir has lost most of the athletic
prestige It once had, and the student*
are showing more spirit and are deter
mined to put Clemson back to the place
it deserves In the 8. 1. A. A.
The class games will be much more
Interesting this year than previously,
and every effort Is being put forward to
develop big men. by getting them out
for class football. Considering the
number of students and the number of
big men In school. Clemson’* light
team* for the peat four year* have been
a disgrace. The proper football spirit
has been "lacking.
The class games will be played after
the Christmas recess.
THE EASY WAY
To solve that gift problem Is the Kodak
way. A gift that-means pleasure all the
year. Let us show you. Jno. L. Moore
& Sons, 42 North Broad St.
$40,000 bankrupt stock
Kld l< He?del."'jeff Gaffney ‘Um? shofer,!diamonds and jewelry at
I DsVghertv, 11 Jake y i’nc?*boys l "who*knlrar j3,UCtiOH. ChaS. M. May &
the game and would make an ordinary (Jo ( 93 Peachtree. Three
"’it'goes'without saving that the sev- sales daily—10:30, 2:30 and
enteenth-fight In. this long Hat should Q
he the best of the lot. The Abel of to-jo p. HI.
day lb not the Abel of eighteen month*I
ago.. He hassitfcdjr. knowledge of hit-; — 1 II I
"l lirg which menns harder ountshment
for the enemv;,be has better footwork
■end has studied more thoroughly the
| art of ring gen*ml*hlr>. Even In his
1: last two mills IM Chattanooga, after n
' rest of six months, his showing was a
I revelation to those who had seen him
' at his beginning.
New York, Dee. 13.—It was learned
today that the action taken by the
American league yesterday In severing
relatione with the National league was
the direct result of the attack-made
upon Ban Johnson by Owner Charles
Webb Murphy, of the Chicago National
league.
Several of the National league mag
nates ndnrltled .this"today, end It was
Intimated that when the National
league annual meeting was resumed at
the Waldorf this morning, strong pres-
sqre would be brought to bear "upon
Murphy by hla associate directors to
have him tender an apology to Prcsl
dent Johnson. This, It was said, was
viewed as the only means of averting a
bitter and probably disastrous war be-"
tween the two big leagues.
When the National league magnates
made ready to resume their meeting It
was declared that the re-election of
Thomas Lynch as president n{ the se
nior major league, was assured. . The
op;melton to Mr. Lynch on the part of
Murphy and Horace Fogel, of Phila
delphia, ahould they actually carry It
Into tho session, would be overcome.
It was said, by 11 scheme that Garry
Herrmann, of Cincinnati, had ready.
According to this report, Mr. Herr
mann had In his possession a letter sent
to him by mistake by Fogel which
should have addressed to Murphy. This
Is said to make some highly Important
statements about the relations of the
Philadelphia and Chicago National
New York, Dec. 13.—Sudden disaster
early today put an entf to the record-
breaking speed of the fourteen teams
whirling uiqUihI the Madison Square
Garden track., Five riders wen butt,
two of them badly. In a spill, gird Im
mediately ufterward their tired ;>.ili
ners, called upon while still weal led by
heart-breaking exertions, dropped far
behind the old records.
Root, of the Root-HIJI team, end M.
Bedell, of the Bedell team, were the
moet severely hurl, both being badly
eut. It Was at flrst declared that the;.'
were out of Iho race today, But after
having their wounds sewed up they
gamely returned to the grind. At 8:1
o’clock, however, both were compelled
to retire.
The spill, which was by tat the moat
serious that hds ao far marred the race,
waa caused by Root. . In the lead, he
waa looking back to see who was the
nearest him, when his wheel skidded
and he went to the bottom of the track.
Root. Bedell. Demara nnd Wells Imme
diately were piled on ton of him. and
when nttendanti .reached them Bedell
was found to be unconscious, with two
deep gashes lit "bis head. Root s rig it
lek was badly cut. I
Root and-the other victims of the
accident,' excepting Bedell, were bark
on the trnck In. two hours. Bedell was
unable to make an effort to ride fee
more than litres hours after the spill.
At the end_nf Ml hours riding the
.racers, with Pye leading the procss-
1 slon. were more than seven miles be
hind the record cf 1,138 miles nnd 8
laps, hung up by Boot-and Foglcr In
1909. At that time twelve of the teams
were bunched, with the other two—tho
Tbomas-Stefn and Galvln-Wlley edm-
blnatlons—ono lap behind.
Shortly after 8 o’clock the Root-HI'.l
and Bedell-Bedell teams retired from
the race. After their official physician
had examined M. Bedell and lloot, ho
declared that their condition was so se
rious that It would be dangerous to per
mit them to continue, nnd they re
tired. John, Bedell and Hill then ar
ranged to take up together and resume
riding at 12:1* p. m.. accepting a one-
lap penalty for the four-hour rest.
+ J. E,
♦ • "
LEVI SPRINGS %
THIS FEROCIOUS YARN +
+
league clubg, and that rather than have
this become public Murphy and Fogel
would drop their hostility to Lynch.
JUST NOTES |
Pitcher Gregg, of the Naps, Is don#
tha holiday*'
4- Time was when there was con- 4-
4- sidotable prejudice against the mo- 4-
+ tor car. but thin day is apparently 4-
4- rapidly passing. Motoring Is now y
4- not only popular with all classes,
4- but It has gone still further. Many +
t dogs regularly receive,their airings
In motor care and have shown <lls- +
-!• tlnct preference for these rides, +
4- while a onnary bird Is the lstes: +
-I- addition-to tho ranks of motorists. -I-
•b Dick Lev), or Atlanta, G.i.. Is +
4- the particular canary that ha- the +
distinction of being the flrst In this ❖
Held, and he Is said to have tray- +
eled over 20,000 mllea In a molar *o
car. I.i E. Levi, of Atlanta, who -I-
4- handle's tho Premier car In the 4"
hustling Georgia metropolis. Is +
‘ now a gueat at the Premier fac- -!•
<ory In this city. He tells an In- y
tereatlng story of Dick. T
Dick's flrst ride In an automo- -r
bile was In n Premier 24. bought +
by Mr. Levi In Philadelphia In +
. 1900. Dick was one year oh! at *
4* that time and with Mr. and Mr
Harry Davis-, the new- manager of ths
Clevelands. Is trying to trail* Pitcher
Falkenbarg to the Athletics for Catcher
Paddy Livingston. ... *-
J'realdent Comlal
kay.
the I
. Ed. Grillo, In The Washington Times,
Intimates broadly that ne Highlander
manager waa ever exempt from interfer
ence by friends and advisers of President
Manager Griffith, of Washlngtoi
ounces that the Senators will
"Germany" Schaefer's thaaplan ven
ture la a success for the reason that he
la no different before the footlights than
on the ball field. Schaefer la easily the
hit of the sketch In which he appears.
Catcher Schmidt, of the Detroit team,
. jcently gave further evidence of hta de-
•tre to become a "white hope" when he
went four fast and furious rounds with
Jim Fiynn at Fort Smith, Ark.
■WWM—i—I .
Eastern league, with a bcaullful lOqrnuge
4* phta. Including several trips to
4- Boston, was 10,900 miles. +-
4- The three motorists made a trip *
of t,200 miles from Boston to At- v
4> lanta. In October, 1908. being the 4-
4* first to cover this route In a mo- v
4- tor cab. They went by the way of +
•I- Baltimore and Philadelphia over 4-
the mountains, nlong the Southern 4-
1* railway. On several occasions th.-> 4-
4- were nut all night In their car 4-
sleeping by thewoadslde. Mr. Levi 4-
says they spent three weeks In u 4-
constant rain -luring this trip, nil 4-
4- the time running on low gear 4-
+ They wore out four sets of chains 4-
4- and on one occasion two team* . f 4-
4- oxen were required to pull them
J out of a ditch. Mr. Levi is nlmuji •.'•
always accompanied by Mrs. Levi 4-
4- who Is also an expert at the wheel 4-
4- of a car, and Dfck Is always, the 4-
4- thfrd member, of the party. He 4-
4- has become ao enamored of motor- 4-
4- Ing that they are afraid to leave 4-
4- him at home for fear that he will 4-
4* do himself bodily Injury. Motoring 4-
4- apparently agrees with him, as he 4-
4- Is extremely hardy and la :i great 4-
4- singer. Besides his motoring, he 4-
4- has made three trips to the Pacific 4-
•k coast and return by train. Mr. 4-
4* and Mrs. 1-evl would part with +
4- him under no conditions, an offer’d-
4- of 1250 for the bird having b< en 4-
4- refused: +
,*
4- WOLVERTON SUCCEEDS 4-
•b HAL CHASE AS MANAGER 4-
+ 4-
4- Harry Wolverton. former man-
w ager of the Oakland club, has been 4-
amed to succeed <'ha»e aa leader 4-
f the New York American*- 4-
JAKE ABEL.
This is tho clever . Chattanooga
lightweight who will appear before
Staten's club on Friday night.
i y/a B2,
Next year will be his last In baseball,
ea^s , Mordecai Brown, of the Cuba. He
will turn his attention to his mining In
terests.
SANTAL-MiDY
0 Relieve! ia 24 Hour* 0
Catarrh of the Bladder
SANTAL-MIDY
SPORTSMEN-READ THIS
• All sportsmen Interested In seeing the rate on hunting dogs low*
1 or put back to the original charge, should make It a iwlnt to be pr*>
• before the state railroad commleelon Thursday morning at 9 o’clock w
; one of the roads will answer the commission’s order nnd will att- nipt
2 explain why the rate wan Increased without the authority of th.it bod;
• P. A. Methvln brought the matter to the commission's attention
; filing a complaint against the Central of Georgia railroad for chars
2 him more for transporting bln dog than for a fint-clans pin-.- nger H
| et. The roads formerly carried one dog free for a hunter, but recci
; put over an excess baggage rate which brought a storm of protest ti
: hunters throughout the state. •
As this will serve as a test case, all sportsmen should u-.uke it a r«
to he present and feaay with reas- ns why the rate should tt'-t ha
changed.
mam